**note: this advice doesn't work for everybody

rent a really sappy movie; get some double-chocolate brownies (the really gooey kind) and a couple pints of your favorite Ben & Jerry's; curl up with an afghan in front of a nice fire built of apple and cherry.

Indulge a bit. *THEN* pick things up again.

**only half kidding tho' - sometimes what you need to snap out of a depression/sad streak is a bit of indulgence.